Dispensing closure means



Aug. 9, 1938. J. BERRY ET AL DISPENSING CLOSURE MEANS Original FiledJuly 11, 1934 60M @wwys, $33M): m

Patented Aug. 9 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,126,087 I DISPENSINGCLOSURE MEANS John Berry, New York, and Idee D. Wolfson,

1 Woodmere, N. Y.

Substitute for application Serial No. 734,572, July 11, 1934. Thisapplication January 17, 1936. Serial No. 59,564

1 Claim. (01. 215-78) The subject matter of this application was clearfrom the description which follows and from originally disclosed andclaimed in our applicathe drawing in which, I tion Serial No. 734,572,filed July 11, 1934. Our Fig. 1 is a partial section of a furthermodifiinvention relates to dispensing closure means cation of ourclosure cap. v and contemplates the provision of a closure cap Fig. 2 isa rear elevation of the device shown 5 adapted to be associated with anybottle, conin Fig. 1. talner or the like in frequent intermittent and Inthat practical embodiment of our invention repeated use and which cap isarranged to be which we have illustrated by way of example, thesubstituted for the ordinary bottle or container dispensing closuredevice is provided with an stopper. Our invention further contemplatesthe elongated tubular body portion or extension neck 10 provision of aclosure cap which is operated by 38, which is inserted in the neck of abottle or merely grasping the bottle or container with container,indicated in the drawing by dotted which it is associated and raised topouring polines, by means of the comparatively long bushsition withoutthe necessity of releasing the hand ing I2 through which the bodyportion extends from the bottle which it holds and on which the andwhich bushing is made from a compressible 15 cap is arranged, and whichdoes not require the or resilient substance such as cork or rubber orhand at any time to come into direct'contact with the like. The bushingis comparatively long and the closure cap. Our invention furthercontemis downwardly tapered, in order that the closure plates a closurecap which will automatically redevice may be adapted to be arranged ondifferent i turn to the stopper position when the hand of bottles orcontainers having various sized necks 20 the user is removed from thebottle. .Our invenor openings, as for example, internal diameters tionfurther contemplates the provision of a 010- of one-half inch to one andone-half inches. If sure cap which prevents dirt, dust or other likedesired, the elongated body portion or extension impurities fromentering the bottle. Our invenneck 38 may itself be provided with adownwardly tion further contemplates the provision of means decreasingdiameter and have arranged thereon for preventing the contents of thebottle from a comparatively thin compressible or resilient dripping overthe neck thereof after the liquid is bushing, thereby providing a unionadjustable to poured therefrom. Our invention further condifierentbottle neck diameters.

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templates the provision of 'indicia means for de- In order to moreadequately secure the comnoting the contents of the container with whichpressible bushing to the body portion 38, an an- 30 our closure means isassociated. nular bead may be arranged thereon intermediate Ourinvention is particularly advantageous for its ends and provides therebyan anchor which is use with bottles that are frequently used and firmlygripped by the compressible and resilient from which the contents areintermittently bushing as itis forced on the device, thereby prepoured,such as bar bottles, containing liquors, venting the body portion frombeing removed 35 whiskeys, and the like, utilized in the mixing of fromout of the bushing, upon removal of the cocktails. A bartender, usingbottles provided closure means from the container with which it with theordinary stoppers, must remove a pluis associated. rality of suchstoppers each time a cocktail or A pair of outstanding lugs 36, havingthe end the like is to be mixed, and place the stoppers on portionsthereof inclined upwardly and provided 40 a table or support, prior topouring out the liquid with aligned apertures adapted to receive thefrom the container, thereby incurring the possipivot pin 31 are disposedon the extension neck bility of their falling from the table and subse-3B. The closure cap 39 is arranged adjacent to quent dirtying or loss.Our closure means elimiand in alignment with the downwardly andrearnates the necessity of removing the stoppers orwardly inclined upperface 40 of the extension dinarily used from their containers andreplacing neck and is provided with a pair of upstanding them andthereby increases the efii'ciencyin reears 4|, having aligned aperturesadapted to repeatedly pouring liquids from a number of sepaceive the pin31 and thereby pivotally support the rate bottles into a commonreceptacle in which cap on the lugs 36, and which ears are assembled H Jthe liquids so poured are to be mixed together. on the pin adjacent toand outwardly of the up- 5 Our invention provides a closure means ofthis a d y inclined end Portions ofthe 88 36. a kind which is simple inconstruction, readily as-' The finger piece 42 is provided with theflanges sembled and adapted to be made at a compara- 43. hav l gned ap rures arranged to receive tively low cost. the pivot pin 31, and whichare assembled thereon The various objects of our invention will beadjacent to and outwardly of the upstanding ears pered wall 48 arrangedcentrally on'ithe outer 4|, to thereby pivotally secure the finger piecethereto. 4

The wall 44, arranged on the finger piece intermediate the flanges isprovided at one end with the upwardly and outwardly beveled edge 45 andthe depending flanges 43 are each provided with an outwardly andupwardly tapered wall 44.

Tension means, as the spring 41, are secured to the pivot pin tonormally urge the closure cap downwardly about said pivot against theinclined face 40 and retain the closure cap in the stopper position.

In operation the finger piece is rotated downwardly about the pivot intooperative position. shown in dotted lines.

Thebeveled edge 45 is thereby urged into engagement with the upwardlyand outwardly tastopper position. The finger piece may then be rotatedabout the pivot pin adjacent to and against the closure cap into themore compact arrangement and assembly shown by the full lines in Fig. 1.

In order to securely and positively lock the closure cap on theextension neck, when the container with which the .closure means isassociated, is to be shipped or stored away, a l-ip Il may be arrangedat the outer end of the finger piece to engage the projecting bead IIprojecting from the extension neck.

Intermediate the wall 44 and the lip 50 a curvilinear wall 52 isarranged to provide a resilient and flexible connection-to permit thelip Bl to be forced upwardly over the bead SI and to thereby securelyiock'the finger piece. The closure cap is thereby forced downwardly bythe finger piece which engages it, and the inclined face of theextension neck is forced and extends into the compressible packing 53.

To permit the finger piece to be rotated about the pivot into operativeposition, the finger piece may be unlocked by forcing the lip outwardlyover the bead, the wall It flexing sufllciently for this purpose. I

It will be apparent that we have disclosed a dispensing closure meanswhich can readily be associated with containers to replace the ordinarystoppers used therewith and which may be urged into operative positionby merely simultaneously grasping the motivating element and thecontainer on which the device is arranged and which may be automaticallyreturned on releasing the hand from the container. It will be furtherapparent that we have disclosed such a closure means which may beassociated with containers of various sizes and which comprises fewparts and may be cheaply made.

. While we have illustrated our invention as it may be applied to othertypes of containers, for example, such as used by a housewife incooking, milk bottles, tooth paste tubes, automobile radiator caps andthe like,

While the invention has been described in detall with specific examples,such examples are illustrative and are not given as limitations, sinceother modifications within the spirit and scope of the invention will beapparent to those skilled in the art. Hence the invention is to beunderstood as limited only as indicated, in the appended claim, in whichthe intent is to set forth all the novelty over the prior art.

We claim:

Closure means arranged on a container comprising a body portion, anoutlet arranged thereon, a spring actuated closure element operativelysecured to the body portion and normally urged against the outlet insealing engagement therewith, a motivating element hingedly supported onthe closure element and normally extending therefrom in alignmenttherewith whereby the said motivating element is arranged in oneposition to engage the closure element to raise said closure element outof sealing engagement and arranged in another position adjacent to andagainst the closure element and means arranged on the closure elementfor locking the motivating element adjacent to and against the closuremeans.

IDEE D. WOLFSON. JOHN BERRY.

